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October 23, 2008
No. 10777

German Intelligence Chief: Al-Qaeda Training Bases Transferred From Pakistan/Afghanistan To Mauritania

The head of the German intelligence apparatus BND, Ernst Uhrlau, has told the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper that Al-Qaeda's training bases have been transferred from Pakistan/Afghanistan to Mauritania.

He said that Al-Qaeda was planning to launch attacks from there, to be carried out by Islamists coming from Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, and Somalia.

He added that Al-Qaeda was basing itself in this region with the blessing of Osama bin Laden, and that it threatened Europe.

Source: Al-Akhbar, Mauritania, October 22, 2008

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